Rajai Davis

When Joe Maddon drove to his Tampa home after the World Series, the Cubs' manager let everyone else second-guess his decisions that nearly backfired in Game 7.

"It's fascinating to me regarding the second-guessing because the only reality I know is that we won," Maddon said. "That's the one reality that I do know. We have often times talked about outcome. If you had done something differently, would it have turned out better? But better than winning, I don't know what that is.

"And furthermore, y'all know me, the people that are on me all the time. The way we worked that last game was prepared before the game began."

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